MAP Episode 91: Vanillecast

It’s not all smiles and sunshine when Lusipurr and SiliconNooB evaluate the fate of PC Gaming, the large corporate model of console game development, and the Global Activision Media Empire. And Final Fantasy XIV watch continues! Let’s see some fireworks!

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-While I respect the majority of Lusipurr’s opinions on gaming and agree with a lot of them, I cannot fathom his love for Vanille… wait… nope, cant do it.

-My brother who is fairly new to gaming was buying one of those ridiculously overpriced map packs the other day. I was like “what the fuck are you doing!?” and he looked at as if I was a weird old man and he was doing the most natural thing in the world. This generation of gaming pisses me off.

-INDUSTRY!

-I honestly don’t see Oliver coming back to this podcast… ever. He just doesn’t seem to want to.

-I blame everything that has gone wrong with SE on Wada, that guy is the biggest ass ever.

Hrm, I’d say they look very, very similar. The cosplayer IS more attractive, but the differences are not huge. The difference is that it can be safely assumed that the cosplayer is far less annoying when she speaks.

– Yeah, I found Vanille just as annoying as most, especially for the first 1/2 of the game, but I never had a particular problem with her look. Mostly it was the fact that every time she said anything I just wanted to slap her. After I got used to the voice, I realized it wasn’t even what annoyed me most. It was just that I didn’t like the character. I became less infuriated with her towards the end of the game, but it’s unclear whether this was because she got better or I just became more numb than a showering eskimo’s junk.

Also, I really do like FFXIII when it’s not a tunnel run. It really is where the game shines. The worst part, in my opinion, is that you’re so restricted (leveling-wise) until AFTER THE BLOODY GAME FINISHES! As I’ve always said, it’s a fun game marred by some really stupid design decisions. That and an unremarkable story. But at least there wasn’t any singing! Also, it’s still much better than XIV!

– One of the best parts about Halo, IMO, is the forge system. I recently a bunch of community-made remakes of old maps that are simply fantastic. Also, it gives me an advantage against the people at work, since I know the old maps and they don’t! Take that, jerks!

– I was listening to this with headphones on the train. When Lusipurr starts recording Oliver’s voicemail, my girlfriend looked over and asked why the podcast I was listening to was being attacked by bees.

– I had other things to say about this podcast, but I forgot them all. That’s what I get for listening to it on the train without any writing implements handy. If you wouldn’t mind transcribing the podcast in it’s entirety here, I’m sure some of the aspects would jog my memory.